I spent more time working in the yard today.  I'm trying to remove all the weeds that parade as a lawn in our yard and replace them with some nice fescue.  Without using chemicals.  It's very hard work.

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Here is what our "lawn" looks like prior to weeding:   

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Here's what it looks like after weeding: 

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Since I can't weed the whole yard at once I've been doing it in spots.   Hence the wheat straw spots where I have dumped a load of fescue seed in hopes that some of it will sprout and take root and keep the weeds from returning. 

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When this batch of "spots" needs to be mowed I will put down more seed in the newly weeded areas and hopefully my yard will turn green in concentric rings.  That's the theory anyway. 

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One day when I'm old and grey I want to have a nice GREEN lawn.  I might have to wait until all the dogs are gone before I achieve this.  Harry has worn a number of paths from one side of the house to the other.  He doesn't want to miss an opportunity to bark at the UPS man, the garbage man, the mailman, joggers, walkers, people walking dogs, women walking by with strollers, kids on bikes, kids playing in the street, and any vehicle with a diesel engine. 

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As I was taking these pictures, I noticed that we had a very pretty visitor at Rebecca's Butterfly Bush.  Unfortunately, she is sick and flatly refused to come rushing outside in the 247 degree weather to look at the wonderful visitor.  Silly girl.  Fortunately her mother happened to have a camera handy.

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